Display stand



Nov. 29, 1932. F. D. BARTER DISPLAY STAND Filed sept. 22, 1951 HISATTORNEYS Patented Nov. 29, 1932 UNITED STATE-s D. nanna, or cIIIcAso.ILLINOIS, assIGNon To InmrrY BAJIERIES SERVICE com., oF'cIIIoAGo,ILLINOIS, aconroRATIoN-or ILLINOIS v DISPLAY s'rAND l Ylaminationneasepuenber 22,1931. aerialNurseries/1,415.V

This invention relates to certain novelv provements in display stands,and hasfor its principal object the provision of an improvedconstruction of this character which willbe highly eiicient in use andeconomical'in man( ufacture It is an object'of this invention toVprovide an yimproved article displayfstand Von which articles may beadvantageously'displayed to the view of, andbe readily seen by,aprospective purchaser.

.acture, simple to set up and collapse, and

conveniently and economically transportable. A further object oftheinvention'isto provide animproved display standparticularly adapted todisplay advantageouslyto rospective purchasers, bread or other. baw eryproducts and which may besetup. on` any suitable support such, forexample, as a show case or kother `support that may be available in. algrocery or like. store. s

`Another object of the invention is to provide an improvedl articledisplay sta-nd providing a well for the reception oa quantity ofarticles to be .displayed and 'so arranged that an additional supply .ofarticles may be stackedand Adisplayed upon those in theV well Withoutfalling or tumbling out of the stack. Other objects will appearhereinafter.

The invention consists in the novelcombination and arrangement yof'parts to bey hereinafter .described andclaimed.

The Yinvention will be. best vunderstood yby reference to the`accompanying drawing showing the preferred form of construction, andinwhich: Y I

Fig. 1 is a perspective 'view 'of the invention.;

.Fig 2 is a vertical sectional viewof the invention as shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view ony line `Integral with the base 23is a fits against the flap 20.

Fig. 5 ig a Aseinlai yiev of a pm of the invention; and Y, ,A Y j Fig. 6is a schematic plan view-of an insert member embodied inthe invention.'A

5 Referringtothe drawing, which illustrates a, preferred and practicalembodiment of Y invention, 1Q indicates 'generall` a section 0r blank ofsuitable material whic" may be, Afor example, `ibrous,. such aspaperboard, and

whichprovidesa frame for the diSPlay stand.

This frameffinclu'des side wallsA 11 and 12,

rear wall 13, and fa 'front wall 14, theedges 15y and 16V ofthe blankbeing joined by a. conventional securing elementl7,rFig. 4.. The

old'lines in the blank 10 are shown by dotted lines in Fig. 5, and byreferenceto this figure it will be seen that there areprovided aap 18that is bent downinside .the sidewall 1.1, Va similar flap` 1,9 bentdown inside the Wall 12,. -and a flap 2O that is bentdown insidetheyfront wa1l14, the flaps 18, 19 and 20 reen- `forcing the side walls`11and 12and' front Wallll.` .l Y

The invention includes a supporting tray,

`generally, indicated at 21 and shown' in blank in Fig. 6, whereinthefdotted linesfrepresent -the 4fold lines alongwhich'thefblank 21=folded toform. the tray which is then inserted into the frame.` Theblank 2l includes Y a portionl 22 which, `whenthe blankis inserted intothe frame, provides a. back or panel that restsat an vobtuse angle`against the rear welll?) of the frame. AThe panel 22 is integral withan article supporting or tray23 that terminates forwardly oftherearwalll. and providesthe supporting base or trayproperr onwhich articlesmay be adver-I tisedv or displayed for sale, or other purpose. flntegralwith the base 22', isa pairfofside wings 24' andz25 Whichare fittedwithin, re-v `spectively,the reenforcing flaps 19 and 18.

y Onthe wing 24 anpear 26 that islbent up Ainside the wing `24, andpreferably secured thereto by adhesive or other suitable means. VAsimilar ear27.is integral with the Wing 25 y and this ear is bent upinside the flap; 25 and is preferably .securedto thejiap 27-fby anadyhesiveor other suitable connectingy means.

portion 32 that In use, therefore, the bottom edges 28 of the wings 24and 25, the bottom edges 29 of the ears 26 and 27, and the bottom edges30 of the side walls 11 and 12 will be flush with each other and willrest upon the surface that supports the display stand, whereupon theears 26 and 27 will reenforce the base 23 which carries the articlesbeing displayed.

A backing 31 is preferably secured to the panel 22 by meansV of anadhesive or other suitable means. When loaves of bread or like articlesare displayed on the base 23 the loaves will, by reason of the slope ofthe base toward the panel 22, abut the latter whereupon the backing 31will reenforce the panel against being bent by the articles, such asloaves of bread, restingthereagainst.

` To collapse the stand for convenience in packing and transporting theinsert member or tray 10 may be removed from the frame and the lattercollapsed on fold lines 32, 33 and 34, so that the side walls 11 and 12,rear wall 13,-front wall 14, and flaps 18, 19 and 2O all lie in a commonplane and substantially parallel to each other, with the flaps disposedwith the side and end walls.` Thereupon the tray 21 may be collapsed byfolding the panel 22 over portion 23 and on fold line 35, and thenfolding the wings 24: and 25 over onto the panel 22, along fold lines 37and 36, to form a flat collapsed tray that may then be placed upon thecollapsed frame to provide a fiat package that may be readily andeconomically packed snugly or'in quantities, onesuperimposed upon theother, and transported.

Articles, such, for example, as loaves of bread resting on the base 23will be inclined by the latter at about a right angle to the prospectivepurchasers line of vision and may therefore be readily seen. The well 39formed by the side and end walls and the base may be filled with thearticles and an additional supply of articles Ythen stacked upon thosein thewell, the articles above the well being inclined back against thepanel and being thus prevented from falling-off the base or tumbling outof a. stack of articles which would happen if the base-23 werehorizontal.

' While I have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carrying well for the reception of a quantity ofarticles to be displayed and supported by said member, said memberincluding a base inclined at an angle to the horizontal and downwardlytoward the rear of the frame.

2. An article display stand comprising a frame, an article supportingmember within the frame and providing therewith a well for the receptionof a quantity of articles to be displayed and supported by said member,said member including a base inclined at an angle to the horizontal anddownwardly toward the rear of the frame, and a panel at the rear of thebase' against which the articles supported by the base are inclined bythe latter.

3. An article display stand comprising a box-like frame having an opentop, an article supporting base within the frame inclined at an anglefrom the front of the frame downwardly toward the rear thereof, and apanel at the-rear of the base inclined at an angle from the latter andresting against the rear wall of the frame.

'4. An article display stand comprising a box-like frame, having an opentop, a member removably inserted within the frame and including anarticle supporting base inclined at an angle from the front of the framedownwardly toward the rear thereof, a panel integral with the base atthe rear thereof, inclined at an angle from the base and resting againstthe frame, and said member including portions to support the base withinthe frame.

5. An article display stand comprising a box-like frame formed from asingle blank of material and having an open top, a member removablyinserted within the frame, formed from a single blank of material,including an article supporting base inclined at an angle from the frontof the frame downwardly toward the rear thereof, and said memberincluding a panel at the rear of the base, inclined therefrom andresting against the rear wall of the frame.

(i.l An article display stand comprising a box-like frame formed from asingle blank of material and having an open top, a member removablyinserted within the frame, formed from a single blank of material,including an article supporting base inclined at an angle y from thefront of the frame downwardly toward the rear thereof, said memberincluding a panel at the rear of the base, inclined therefrom andresting against the rear wall of the frame, and said member includingportions to support the base.

7. An article display stand comprising a box-like frame formed from asingle blank of material and having an open top, a member removablyinserted within the frame, formed from a single blank of material, in-

cluding an article supporting base inclined at an angle from the frontof the frame downwardly toward the rear thereof, and saidmember'including aV panel at the rear of the base, 'inclined therefromand resting against the rear wall of the frame, said member includingportions to support the base, and said frame including portionsreenforcing the walls thereof.

8. An article display stand comprising a box-like frame formed from asingle blank of material and having an open top, a member removablyinserted within the frame, formed from a single yblank of material,including an article supporting base inclined at an angle from the frontof the frame downwardly toward the rear thereof7 said member including apanel at the rear of the base7 inclined therefrom and resting againstthe rear wall of the frame, saidmember being removable from said frameand collapsible therewith into a flat package that may be readily packedand transported.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature.

FRANKLIN D. BARTER.

